Mia Mingus in Madison 22 Oct 2015

[jesse_the_k]

I had the good fortune to learn about Mia Mingus five-some years ago. She's a thoughtful, challenging disability rights and social justice advocate. From a recent speech on her blog, Leaving Evidence:

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I am interested in our internal work. The work with each other inside of our movements, inside of our organizations and groups, inside of our relationships. The way that our analysis by itself is not enough, because what good is it if we can run great campaigns if we all end up hating each other in the process?

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And hey! Mia Mingus is coming to Madison this month for a mid-day workshop.

Disability Studies/Disability Activism
Workshop with Mia Mingus
Writer, Educator, and Organizer for Disability Justice

Thursday, October 22, 2015
11:00am - 1:00pm
Location to be announced

Mia Mingus is a writer, community educator and organizer working for disability justice and transformative justice responses to child sexual abuse. She is a queer physically disabled Korean woman transracial and transnational adoptee, born in Korea, raised in the Caribbean, nurtured in the U.S. South, and now living in Northern California. She works for community, interdependency and home for all of us, not just some of us, and longs for a world where disabled children can live free of violence, with dignity and love. As her work for liberation evolves and deepens, her roots remain firmly planted in ending sexual violence. More info on her blog,
leavingevidence.wordpress.com

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[untonuggan]

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